testigo
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish testigo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧go
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/
Noun
testígo
- (law) witness
- Synonym: saksi
Derived terms
- magtestigo
- testigohan
See also
- ebidensiya
- testimoniyo
Spanish
FWOTD – 18 June 2022
Etymology
From testiguar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/ [t̪esˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: tes‧ti‧go
Noun
testigo m or f (plural testigos)
- witness (someone who sees something)
- (law) witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action)
- 2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País:
- Varios testigos y un compañero del vendedor aseguran que la muerte se produjo tras una persecución de los agentes, que iban en motocicleta.
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- (sports) baton
- (sciences) control
- grupo testigo ― control group
Derived terms
- testigo criteriada
- testigo criteriado
- testigo de Jehová
- testigo ocular
- testigo pericial
Related terms
- atestiguar
- testimonio
Further reading
- “testigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish testigo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧go
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/, [tesˈti.ɣo]
Noun
testigo
- witness
- Synonym: saksi
- act of testifying (as of a witness)
- Synonyms: pagtestigo, pagsaksi
- proof; evidence
- Synonyms: pruweba, patunay, katuinayan, ebidensiya
Derived terms
- pagtestigo
- testiguhan
- tumestigo